Heat-flux control and solid-state cooling by regulating chemical potential of photons in near-field electromagnetic heat transfer
Abstract
We consider near-field heat transfer with nonzero chemical potential for photons, as can occur between two semiconductor bodies, held at different temperatures with at least one of the bodies under external bias.We show that the dependence of radiative heat flux on chemical potential enables electronic control of both the direction and magnitude of near-field heat transfer between the two bodies. Moreover such a configuration can operate as a solid-state cooling device whose efficiency can approach the Carnot limit in the ideal case. Furthermore, significant cooling can also be achieved in the presence of inherent nonidealities including Auger recombination and parasitic phonon-polariton heat transfer.
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- Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Light-Material Interactions in Energy Conversion (LMI)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1387274
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1181455
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0001293
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 91; Journal Issue: 13; Related Information: LMI partners with California Institute of Technology (lead); Harvard University; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; solar (photovoltaic); solid state lighting; phonons; thermal conductivity; electrodes - solar; materials and chemistry by design; optics; synthesis (novel materials); synthesis (self-assembly)
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Chen, Kaifeng, Santhanam, Parthiban, Sandhu, Sunil, Zhu, Linxiao, and Fan, Shanhui. Heat-flux control and solid-state cooling by regulating chemical potential of photons in near-field electromagnetic heat transfer. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.91.134301.
Chen, Kaifeng, Santhanam, Parthiban, Sandhu, Sunil, Zhu, Linxiao, & Fan, Shanhui. Heat-flux control and solid-state cooling by regulating chemical potential of photons in near-field electromagnetic heat transfer. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.134301
Chen, Kaifeng, Santhanam, Parthiban, Sandhu, Sunil, Zhu, Linxiao, and Fan, Shanhui. Mon .
"Heat-flux control and solid-state cooling by regulating chemical potential of photons in near-field electromagnetic heat transfer". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.134301. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1387274.
@article{osti_1387274,
title = {Heat-flux control and solid-state cooling by regulating chemical potential of photons in near-field electromagnetic heat transfer},
author = {Chen, Kaifeng and Santhanam, Parthiban and Sandhu, Sunil and Zhu, Linxiao and Fan, Shanhui},
abstractNote = {We consider near-field heat transfer with nonzero chemical potential for photons, as can occur between two semiconductor bodies, held at different temperatures with at least one of the bodies under external bias.We show that the dependence of radiative heat flux on chemical potential enables electronic control of both the direction and magnitude of near-field heat transfer between the two bodies. Moreover such a configuration can operate as a solid-state cooling device whose efficiency can approach the Carnot limit in the ideal case. Furthermore, significant cooling can also be achieved in the presence of inherent nonidealities including Auger recombination and parasitic phonon-polariton heat transfer.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.91.134301},
journal = {Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics},
number = 13,
volume = 91,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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